Ash-sifter



J. B. BAILEY.

ASH SIFTER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 4,1920. 1,3?8 3FQ v Patented Mar. 29, 1921.

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INVENTOR ATTORNEY WlTN s:

l. B. BAILEY.

ASH SIFTER APPLICATION FILED JUNE 4, 1920.

1,373,,3'79a Patented Mar. 29, 1921.

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Ill; 35 5 /9 2/ 22 1"; c r W i 6 4/ 37 g 28 /6 INVENTOR BY I? ATTORNEY ITNES 1. B. BAILEY.

ASH SIFTER. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 4. I920 Patented Mar. 29, 1921.

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WITNESS ATTORNEY oairsa JAMES B. BAILEY, or new YORK, n. Y.

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7 arc/l Application filed June 4, 1920. Serial No. 386,442.

1 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, JAMES B. BAILEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Ash Sifters, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to ash sifters and has for its object the provision of an ash sifting device which is entirely inclosed and which therefore may perform its sifting action without the accompaniment of clouds of dust and which will therefore de desirable in this particular.

An important object is the provision of a device of this character which is provided with a crank manually rotatable whereby to reciprocate a plurality of cradle members which carry the ash sifting tray having the usual wire bottom, the reciprocation of these members causing rapid agitation of the ash holding tray and thereby effecting a thorough sifting action.

Another object is the provision of a device of this character which is adapted to be disposed over an ash bin and which has its bottom formed with a door provided with easily operated means whereby it may be opened to permit the siftings to fall out of the device into the ash bin. 1

An additional'object is the provision of a device of this character which will be simple and inexpensive in manufacture, highly efficient in use, durable in service, and a general improvement in the art.

With the above and other objects and advantages in view, the invention consists in the details of construction to be hereinafter more fully described and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which-- Figure 1 is a side elevation of my device with the cover in closed position,

Fig. 2 is a top plan view illustrating the handle structure which forms one of the securing members for holding the cover closed,

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view,

Fig. 4 is a horizontal sectional view taken above the ash tray,

Fig. 5 is a cross sectional view looking at the crank shaft at one end of the device,

Fig. 6 is a cross sectional view looking at the hangers at the other end of the device,

Fig. 7 is a perspective View of the keeper for the handle member.

'Fig. 8 is a detail sectional view showing the means for controlling the position of the door. I

Referring more particularly to the drawings, the numeral 10 designates the casing which is rectangular in plan and which may have vertical ends 11 and 12,.and preferably outwardly-flaring sides 13. One end ofthe casing has its top portion closed by a rigidly secured plate let and the other end carries a rigidly secured plate 15. Hinged upon the free edge of the plate 14 is a cover 16 which carries a peculiar handle structure including an upwardly offset rod 17 of ll-shape having one arm formed with an eye 18 pivoted upon a suitable bolt 19 passing through the cover. At its central portion this rod carries a rotatable wooden handle proper 20. Theother arm of the rod 17 is laterally movable with respect to the cover and is guided by a bracket 21 secured upon the cover. Secured upon the plate 15 is a keeper22 of substantially U-shape having a lug 23 beneath which is engageablethe finger 2% formed by the extremity of the second named armof the rod'17. By this means it will be seen that the handle structure not only serves as means for carrying the device but also forms means for locking the device in closed position. It will also be observed that one edge of the lug 23 is down-turned so that the finger 241 can be engaged beneath the lug by movement in one direction only. v

Journaled through one end portion of the casing is a shaft 25 which is formed at intervals with crank portions 26 and exteriorly of the casing this shaft carries an operating handle 27 by means of which it may be rotated. Located within the other end por-' tion of the casing is a transverse supporting bar 28 from which depend pivoted arms 29 constituting hangers and pivotally connected with these arms and with the crank portions 26 of the shaft 25, are longitudinally extending rods 30 which are offset intermediate their ends, as shown at 31, to constitute a cradle within which rests a Sifter 32 which is of ordinary construction and which includes a rectangular frame having a bottom 35 of wire mesh.

A portion of the bottom of the casing 10 is formed as a rigid plate 34: and the remaining portion 35, is hinged at the end of the device at which the bar 28 is provided. Connected with this hinged portion 35 is a vertiin normally closed position.

In the use of the device the cover lo is open and ashes to be sifted are poured into the sifter 35, after which the cover is closed and locked by engaging the finger 24 beneath the lug 23 of the keeper 22. The operator then grasps the handle 27 and rotates the shaft 25 whereupon the rods 30 will be reciprocated as well as moved up and down which will result in longitudinal and up and down agitation of the sitter 32. Ihe ashes will thus be eiliciently sifted without the accompaniment of clouds of dust as the cover remainsclosed during this operation. After the ashes are sifted the cinders remaining in the sitter 32*are obtained byliiting the sitter bodily from the cradle formed by the rods 31 and of course dumping the sitter. When the accumulation of sifted matter in the bottom of the casing becomes excessive, it is merely necessary that the operator. grasp the handle loop 38 and move the rod 36 to disengage the projection 39 from the end of the slot 37 whereupon the weight of the sittings will cause the hinged portion 35 of the bottom to swing outwardly whereby the accumulations will be dumped into an ash bin or can or any other receptacle upon which my device is disposed.

From the foregoing description and a study of the drawings it will be apparent that I have thus provided a very simply constructed and consequently inexpensive ash sifting device which is readily portable, which is easily operated with very little labor and which will efiiciently sift ashes without making dust.

l/Vhile I have shown and described the preferred embodiment of my invention, it is of course to be understood that I reserve the right to make such changes in the form, construction, and arrangement of parts as will not depart from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the subjoined claim Having thus described my invention I claim:

An ash sitter comprising a casing having a cover and provided in its bottom with a door, a crank shaft journaled at one end of the casing and formed with a plurality of crank portions within the casing and formed interiorly of the casing witha crank handle, a rod disposed transversely of the other end of the casin near the top portion thereof, a plurality oi hangers depending from said rod, a plurality of longitudinally extending rods pivotally connected with said hangers and pivotally connected with said crank portions, said last named rods being downwardly ofiset intermediate their ends whereby to constitute a cradle, and a sieve removably disposed within said cradle.

In testimony whereof I affix my si ature.

JAMES B. BAI EY. 

